Natalie Portman recently spoke to The New York Times about the challenges surrounding family life and her professional acting career.
The 35-year-old star, who has a five-year-old son with husband Benjamin Millepied, says that the daily family rituals can be a struggle at times. These include taking the child to school, cooking, and finding time to play with him. In addition, she routinely has to find a suitable place for him while she is busy filming movies.
Portman added: “I will never have the boredom or repetitiveness of an office. But every job takes me to a new place with a new schedule, and it requires a reinvention of ritual each time, even more so with a family.
Every time I go on location, I have to figure out where to live, what activities are available for my son, how and when we will travel from our home base.”
She elaborated further by saying: “When I’m not working. I’m pretty much exclusively with my family, so my rituals have to do with school, meal preparation, playdates, bedtime.”
The Black Swan actress also appreciated working with many females on her newest flick, Annihilation, because films are usually dominated by men.
While speaking about co-stars Gina Rodriguez and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Portman revealed: “I’m working with a group of actresses right now who are so kind and talented and funny. We did a scene last night, all night, in which every take was different, and each one real, and we laughed and froze our asses off and played.
“It was rare energy on a film because there were so many women together. Usually it’s all men and each of us is the only woman.”